There are many names for this plant and it's not actually a "crocus," e.g., kippiaapi (Blackfoot), prairie crocus, wind flower, meadow anemone, pasque flower, mountain crocus, blue tulip, cutleaf anemone, Anemone patens, Pulsatilla patens, gosling, may flower, wild crocus, wild prairie crocus... It's a buttercup.
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Video: wild buttercups in the spring
Article: "Biology of the Prairie Crocus"
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Video: wild buttercups in the spring
Article: "Biology of the Prairie Crocus"
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